Recent stories:
• Economic problems in southern Vermont - lack of jobs, etc.
• Opposition to Justice Center in Bellows Falls.
• Opposition to gas plant in Vernon.
• Opposition to wind power plant.
Gee, can there be a connection here?
Cal Glover-Wessel grew up in Brattleboro and lives here again after a few years of...
PUTNEY-I am grateful to call Bex Slattery a colleague, blessed to call her a friend,
WILMINGTON-As a former Vernon resident (and one dying to move back there!) I wholeheartedly endorse...
BRATTLEBORO-Oscar Heller is my choice for the three-year seat on the Brattleboro Selectboard. As a...
More than 300 people began streaming onto the Retreat Farm and into a big white tent on Aug. 13 as Sam Waymon - brother to the late musician and civil rights activist Nina Simone - and two backup vocalists set the upbeat rhythms for the third annual NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner, with guests joining in to sing together. Cliff Wood, a retired college president and a member of the Windham County Vermont NAACP leadership team, had organized the organization's members...
As the primary approaches, and Vermonters evaluate who our next governor ought to be, Sue Minter has separated herself from the pack and proven herself to be the strongest choice for not just Windham County, but for all Vermonters on Election Day. We first witnessed Sue's leadership during her service in Vermont's House of Representatives. There, she fought to maintain essential services during the recession, making sure we didn't leave Vermonters behind. Her excellent work in the aftermath of Tropical...
The Vermont Theatre Company will present Oscar Wilde's comic masterpiece The Importance of Being Earnest at the Evening Star Grange in Dummerston Center May 6-8 and 12-15. The play, referred to by the flamboyant playwright himself as “a trivial comedy for serious people,” lampoons the strict Victorian standards and manners that were prevalent in upper crust London, circa 1890. Filled with wit and wisdom, the play reveals two young men, Jack Worthing (Ryan Buck) and Algernon Moncrieff (Sam Murphy) who...
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